https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303224 Under Section 31 CrPC, concurrency of sentences for multiple convictions is a judicial discretion to be exercised on the facts of each case; absent an express direction, the sentences ordinarily run consecutively, and omission to specify the mode does not create a right to concurrency. The single transaction principle under Section 220 did not control the sentencing question on these facts. The Court also invoked Article 142 to mould the sentence in the interests of complete justice, limiting the total custodial term to 14 years while leaving the fine and default stipulations intact. en-us Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:22:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303224 Under Section 31 CrPC, concurrency of sentences for multiple convictions is a judicial discretion to be exercised on the facts of each case; absent an express direction, the sentences ordinarily run consecutively, and omission to specify the mode does not create a right to concurrency. The single transaction principle under Section 220 did not control the sentencing question on these facts. The Court also invoked Article 142 to mould the sentence in the interests of complete justice, limiting the total custodial term to 14 years while leaving the fine and default stipulations intact. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303224